The Nationals outfielder dragged his foot across the Braves emblem in the dirt behind home plate - in a clearly intentional move - in each of his first three trips to the batter’s box in Saturday night’s game against the Braves.

Harper has been roundly booed in each plate appearance during the series. He apparently chose to take the lack of southern hospitality out on the Georgia clay. He kicked at the Braves’ ‘A’ emblem on his way into the left-hand batter’s box once, twice and three times.

For his part, Harper didn't even realize that he was "doing" anything (or played it off expertly).

"That's the last thing on my mind when I'm coming to the plate," he told reporters. "I have no idea."

In things that undoubtedly happened, the Nationals defeated the Braves 4-1 in 11 innings after a rain delay of nearly four hours. The final out wasn't recorded until 2:29 a.m. Sunday morning.